Do amor ao ódio: alguns apontamentos sobre figuras maternas na narrativa cavaleiresca quinhentista portuguesa

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of some outstanding maternal figures present in three chivalric texts of the Portuguese sixteenth century (Crónica do Imperador Clarimundo, Palmeirim de Inglaterra and Memorial das Proezas da Segunda Távola Redonda). It is intended to start from a typological approach to the representation of motherhood, analysing first the mothers of the main heroes, to, from there, highlight the figuration of two mothers who diverge from this typology: Zaraina and Ifranasa. These two figures present in the text of Jorge Ferreira de Vasconcelos stand out for their antagonistic relationship with their children, Florisbel and Masília. By combining dimensions that go beyond the simple maternal figuration, we will also draw attention to the way in which these two figures stand out in a global perception regarding the representation of female figures in chivalric texts from the 1500s